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*TUe entrance of Thy Word giveth light’
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A. C. DAYTON, Editor.
JAS. N. ELLS, Secular Editor.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5,1863.
Our Pint form.
1. None but those who make a credible pro
fession of faith in Christ should be baptized.
2. None are really baptized except those who
are immersed upon a profession of their faith in
Christ.
8. None can properly .be members of the
church of Christ, except they have been bap
tized.
4. None can properly be ministers of Christ
who are not members of the church of Christ.
5. Non-affiliation with those who refuse to
obey Christ in these things —with those who re
fuse to walk'according to the Divine rule.
6. We shall insist upon Baptists practising
what they hold and teach.
Half Sheet.
In consequence of the necessary absence
of the resident editor, and of other causes
also the children of necessity, The Banner is
issued this week on a half sheet. However
great may be the regret of our readers to
see this reduction in the size of their papei,
though but for one week, we assure them
that it cannot he greater than that of the
publishers.
Rinl*(er< Sore Throat.
Why should ministers have sore throats
more than other people ? Why should such i
a disease have t become so common as to i
have a distinctive name? Perhaps, after, 1
all, it is not so common ; but when other
people have sore throats, nobody hears of
it outside of their own home circle; but a
minister’s sore throat is felt by his whole
congregation. Theo, other people, when!
they take sore throats, can stop talking and
let them get well; but the minister must
stand up and declaim, week after week t j
throat or no throat. His congregation
would think that he treated them very badly
to refuse to p/vocA whjle he was aide to go
about as usual, and had noth togto complain
of but a little sore throat. So every time,
his vocal organs begin to recover, he must
go to church and shout back a relapse, much
harder to cure than the original attack.
But, making allowance for all this, there
seems to. be something which predisposes
ministers to throat disease. It is .to be
found in two facts: First, the studious
minister—and it is he who oftenest suffers
—has weakened his vocal organs by the stu
dies of the week, and predisposed them to
disease from slightly exciting causes. In
our towns and cities he is expected* to pre
pare from two to four original discourses
every wesk, and to do this to. spite of fpe-i
quent interruptions through ever v day; so;
that he is compelled to tabor in his study ’
after night, and Saturday aiglu is often the*
time of special application. He gets but
half sleep that toght. He goes to the church ;
with his nervous energies exhausted, and,
their renewing force concentrated on hi’J
mental efforts. The brain cannot
of the body, as it generally does. It cannot
send to the different organs that innervating ’
force which is required to preserve them
from exhaustion and guard them from dis
ease, The throat is most exhausted* be-*
cause most actively exerted.
The second cause is to be founff in the *
position of the speaker —elevated above the
audience, and looking down toward them, t
This compels him to lower the chin toward
the chest while he speaks, and this compels’
an increased action of the muscles of the 1
throat, to give sufficient tension to the mem
branes of the glotis, where sound is pro
duced. Even agorae or a calf has senses
enough to raise the head and look upw-ard,’
when it would utter its out cries, and
preachers may learn from their example to •
elevate the chin, and thus give space for the
action of the vocal organs in the throat.—
Those who read their sermons are more lia- ;
ble to sore throat, for this reason, than those
who speak. Reading turasiha eyes,and con
sequently the chin, still further down to
ward the chest.
Something has fltan done, and much
more can be done, to preveu the ravages of
this disease among the ministers of the
Gospel by an improved arrangement of the
pulpit. The preacher should, in fact, be
Zetw than the people. The seats of the
church should rise one above the other, as
they recede frcuu the platform where the
preacher stands. Thun all bC<i the
THE BAPTIST HAN N I< R .
preacher, and he can see all the people,
while he naturally elevates his chin and ;
places his throat in the most favorable con- *
dition for emitting sound. But if this can ■
not be done, the next best thing is to ele
vate the pulpit only enough to give ’the
people a sight of the preacher. If not be
low them, he should stand as nearly as pos
sible on the same level.
Then, to prevent the heat of a close box,
I such as we are often expected to sweat
through 4 sermon in, let the pulpit be open,
at both ends, and large enough to give heal
thy room and space for walking up and
down a little, while talking. The elevation
of the pulpit should never be more than one
1 or two feet, and t!?en if the speaker saves
his throat by speaking over the heads of the
people, it will not look strange, nor dimin
ish the power of his oratory.
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[J’w The Baptist Banner.} e
The Florida Hap list Conveiiilon.
THOMASVILLE. Oa., Nov. 25, 1863.
This body met with the church in the vil- .
lage of Madison, Fla., on Friday the 20th
instant. There were but few delegates
present. The Florida, Concord, and Santa
iFe Associations were represented. No
delegates appeared from the West Florida
or Alachua Associations. The meetingwas
a very pleasant one * the deliberations were
conducted with a Christian spirit, and, were
highly interesting. The brethren Wardlaw
and Whitlovk—of whose hospitality your
present, correspondent partook—seemed, by
their acts, to be firm believers in the truth
of whatjhe Saviour declares : “ It is more
blessed to give than to receive.” It would!
be difficult to decide which enjoyed, the
meeting most —the entertainers or the en
tertained.
On the Lord’s day, the collection for ar
my missions amounted to $44/1,10. Os this
amount $26 were collectodat the Methodist
church-—a very good collection, considering i
the size of the congregation. Every, onej
i that could crowd into the Baptist house of I
. worship went there. About S3O more (of |
| the amount collected) were contributed by
the blacks, at their meeting in the afternoon. i
Had they known before hand that a collec
tion was to be taken up, the amount would j
have been much greater. While the hat
was passing around, .manyf-were,‘seen going)
about trying to borrow money to throw' in.:
The Convention authorized the Board of I
I Trustees to employ a missionary to visit. I
our churches, stir them, up, enkindle their
zeal, receive their contributions, and also to
preach to the soldiers in campus opportuni
ty may b? afforded. Os the reports and
1 other resolutions/'adapted I will say noth-■
ing, as they will appear iu our
minutes.
Onejevent occurred to cast a solemn sad
ness over amp minds, an the morning of the
Lord’s day. After breakfast our venerable
Moderator,, brother Cooper, and others re-,
paired to the parlor of our host and united
in surging the hymn beginning, “Come ye
disconsolate.” Just, as they closed it a boy
entered and/placed ia the hands of brother
Cooper a note announcing the death of a
dear little daughter about four or five years
of age, and requesting his return home im
mediately. His daughter had been sick,
but was Uwmght to be much better when he
left home wn Friday morning. How tran
sient are. all earthly enjoyments!
J. B. S.
Our Examination.
have frequent inquiries when our
• School! will close the present term and when i
i begin another. We answer in this public
way, to one and all: We will have an
> Examination of three days, beginning on!
Wednesday the 18th of December, and
ending on Friday, one week before Christ
‘ mas. In this we do not propose, so much.
| to show what has been taught in the four j
* short months since we organized the school ;
as what we intendto teach and our methods'
lof instruction. We will shortly have ready ,
a brief statement of the facts connected with i
•the past and present of the college, and our
■prospects for the future. We will send a
I copy of this circular to any one who will
! Inform us of a desire to receive it. Our
next term will 4>egin on the first Monday ■
‘in January. A. C. Dayton,
President Houston Female College.
Perry, Ga., Nov. 20, 1863.
P. S. Arrangements are in progress to
accommodate all the boarders that may
wish to come.
VALDOSTA, Ga., Nov. V, 1&63.
Dear brother Dayton :— Enclosed please
i find five dollars for The Banner. lam so
Well pleased with it since you have taken
the editorship that 1 cannot do without it.
| Please be sure to send every copy. It
| would do you good to see our family get it;
it is always a real treat. 1 cannot see why
*! every Baptist family in Georgia do not lake
■- it. I am suee every’young lady shoukwtead
1 ! it. May the Lord bless and prosper you !
is. my praver.
It II J HARWELL.
; Onr Tiftli Vdrimc.
j We enter upon the fifth volume of The
Banner. It was established that the Con
sistent Baptists—sonietimes called Old
Landmark Baptists*— <->f Georgia might have
an organ through which they could commu
nicate with one another and the world. —
The pressure of the times and other cir
cumstances have driven from its manage
ment those excellent and talented brethren
ho in its earlier struggles so admirably'
sustained its literary and religious character.!
It is needless now. to speak of them or ofj
their labors. The denomination• has Lmgi
known and appreciated them. Their man-j
tie has-fallen upon the unworthy -.boulders;
of brother Ells and myself. The rapid (
increase of our subscription list has been to!
us a token that our brethren did not entire- i
ly disapprove of our mode of conducting j
the paper; and the daily reception of let
ters ebrnmending our eftprts, encourages us l
to make still greater exertions.
WHAT "WE PROPOSE TO DO. j
The future of The Banner, is foreshadow- i
ed by the present. I purchased an interest'
in it, and undertook the editorial manage-]
ment of one department, at the suggestion]
of some of the oldest and firmest friends of!
She. paper and of the cause to which its i
columns should be devoted. They felt that i
my connection with it would be a guaranty !
to the denomination and the world, that it;
would be the firm and uncompromising ad
vocate of consistency in the practice, as well!
as of soundness in the faith, o.f our church- ‘
es. They desired a paper which should?
earnestly yet kindly endeavor U> sustain j
not merely Baptist sentiments, but those i
sentiments in their full development and in
all their consistency ; that the paper should
not only be ‘ Ba.ptistical? Jjandmark}
Suoli wn? shall try to make it. We s|jall i
1 not shun controversy, but will seek to avoid
.contentiousness; we shall seek discussion,»
i but shun disputings. We are sure that our ;
:brethren desire to know and receive the
j truth, even though it differ from our pre-’
'conceived opinions. If we know our own?
! hearts, we are ready to believe that our »
iopposers are right whenever they will show
jit from die word of God. Our columns:
j are open to friend and foe—in the denomi i
nation or out of it, W e are, not only will
| ing, but desirous, that our readers shall
have the benefit obAu/A sides. Truth which
jean not hold its own against the attacks of
error, is doubtful truth.
The Truk Value of a Wife.—ln the,)
true wife, the husband finds not affection
only, but companionship—a companionship
'with which no other can compare. The fa
mily relation gives retireme&t without soli
tude, and society without the rough intru
sion of the world. It plants in the husband’s
dwelling a friend who can listen to the detail
of his interest with sympathy, who can ap
preciate his repetition of events, only impor-,
tant as they are embalmed in the heart.— ;
- (Common friends are linked’to us by- a slen
der thread. We must retain them by minis
tering in some way to their interesfor their I
enjoyment. What a luxury it is for a man. ’
to feel that in his own hou«e there is a true
and affectionate, being in whose presence he>;
may throw off restraint without danger to
his dignity ; he may confide without the fear
of treachery, or be sick or unfortunate with-.
out being abandoned. If in the outward;
world, he grow weary of httoion selfishness,!
his heart can safely trust in, one whose soul I
yearns for his happiness, arid whose indul
gence overlooks his defects.
JAS- N. ELLS & CO.,
HEAL ESTATE AOENTS,
ATLANTA, GA.
OFFICE in Franklin Building, Alabama st. i
Parties wishing to nur or to bell Real Estate,
. would consult their interest by corresponding vritb
> this Agency.
Atlanta Land Agency.
PURCHASERS can find very desirable
Residences and
j Persons ordering side will write accurate a»d
complete descriptions.
OFFICIiat Stewart A Moore’s. Decatur at.
i Address, JAMES N. MOON,
Box 12, Atlanta, Ga.
ALadv Teacher.
I VIRGINIAN offers her services, and
jA teach the usual branches, with
music on piafio and guitar. Has elementary
French and musical works, oil and water:
colors, and aguitar, at the service of pupils.
Address (stating salary, dec.)
Miss E. 11. R., Barnesville, Ga.
JPCXET SALE.
A VALUABLE FARM.
desirable FARM, vontalning
Four Hundred and Flee Acres,
one hundred and sixty under cultivation; well
i watered ; good house (six rooms); kitchen ■> ,ha
' bles; gin-house and screw ; al! lying welt, two
miles from the Chnttahooche river, and eleven
’ miles from Newnan, Ga.
The owner will cake twenty thousand dollars for
t the Farm, including fifty acres of CORN now stand
’ ing in the field, which will be gathered in the course
ot ten days.
Possession given by Christinas, or sooner if de
I sired, and the cash is paid.
i Apply to GEO. W. COOK, on the premi»«, or to
I , JAJfi. N. ELLS.
Baptist Banner Office. Atlau:a, Ga.
October 17. IS6L. ’
. file's,
INSURANCE AGENT,
' Corner of and Alabama tstrecta,
ATEANtA, GA. Oct IS
Andmon, Artair dfc C’o.,
W HO LESA L E GRO C E RS,
PRODUCE AND
COMMJSSIOH MHRCHAHTS,
Whitehall street, near Georgia R.-R. Bank,) j
ATLANTA, GA.
Oct. 11. 9m -j
Gen. I. R. Foster. J. L. Queen. It. R. Fowler: i
Foster, Queen & C<».,
GROCERS,
AND
COMMISSION MERCII ANTS
ATLANTA, GA.,
, _____ |
i h>wc, Fnntbrougli & Co.,
] GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
IN DANIELS’ AND WINSIIII’’S BLOCK, i
i ATLANTA, GA.
! For the sale of PRODUCE,' ahd.tfli kind- i
. of MERCHANDISE; Negroes,
! Real Estate, &c., &c.
Orders and consignments respectfully solicited.
A fine Cotton and Corn Farm, contoi nug
Seven hundred and fifty-three Acres—-IGO. g-er
. —IOO good Creek Bottom. Good Springs, ?; <-o4
1 two-story frame Dwelling, and necessary btmu
: ing«; Gin house &c., &c. ; situated half mile
• from the Railroad and Town of Thomaston, 1
; Upson County, 70 miles by Railroad from At-
i lanta.
] CRAWFORD, FRAZER & CO.’
I GENERAL
. COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
' Auctioneers, i
No. ‘•'B.” Whitehall Street,
? (Opposite the “Intelligencer” printing office,)
ATLANTA, GA.
jrpHE REGULAR AUCTION SALES of our
; _L house, will hereafter be on
TUESDAYS,
THURSDAYS,
and SATURDAYS ’
■ : i
OF EVERY WEEK,
'AT HALF-PAST TEN O’CLOCK A M i
I All goods, wares and chattels should be ■
; sent in the evening before, or early in lhe ’
morning of sale day.
STOCK SALES OF
I HORSES, MULES, ETC.. (
t
Jwill commence at FOUR o’clock in the alter ;
noon on each regular sale day.
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Ko. 8.
CRAWFORD, FRAZER &' CO..
ILST* In addition to our
.AUCT/0A r AED NEGRO HOUSE, .
at No. 8 Whitehall street, we have
FIRE-PROOF STORAGE ‘
olf three thousand barrels capacity at. our new j
Yfare-Rooms—No. 1 Alabama street. Our|
I\EGR() YARD and /.wA-Zy/, at No. 8, are'
t afe and comfortable.
Dealers and other parties will find us pro;
i pared to feed and lodge well; and, from I
j experience in the business since our boyhood,!
TO HANDLE THE NEGRO PROPERLY.
• Charges reasonable and right, and satisfuo-!
tion guarantied in every instance.
• I
; Parties at a distance may know our market i
I by addressing us.
- LEVI M. CHURCHILL. J. It. W. JOHNSTON
j CHURCHILL & JOHNSTON,
SDry Goods
AND
General Commisnon
233 BROAD STREET,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA,
Will give prompt and personal aitentlon to all Utmsfgn- t
j merits they may be favored with.
CONSIGNMENTS solicited.
I FACTORY GOODS always ou hand and «olri at the low- <
i eat market rates. Sept2G—ly.
11. r. Williams,
j COMMISSI O N MERCII ANT ,i
MARIETTA 6TREET,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
• Pease & Davit*
JWIIOLKSAI. 8 AND KETIi: DEALERS IN
PRODUCE and PROVISIONS,
AKI>
(COMMISSION MERCHANTS
fWTaahip’s iron-front store, Peach-Tree st.)
ATLANTA, GA.
I’. P. Prase.) ‘ [L. B. Davis
A*y business entrusted to* us will receive prompt!
mention and returns ear ly inade. M e ask oui (
iTiends to give us a call w’aen in our city. Any Fro .
i luce consigned to us will receive every advantage
«>ur market can give. Also we can make
to the very best advantage, as we are aiways pos
ted in rcference'to t’.ic market prices.
i February 15,
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A. K SEAGO. BEN. F. ABBOTT
Sc ago *fc Abbott,
(Sucetrssors to Seago & Davis.)
Commission m e rcha n t.s,
Office at F,eacb <fe Root’s, Whitehall street,
ATLANTA, GA.,
’ Will Eire their person*! »Mention u> the FIRCBAbh
1 and SALE (*t tMeiale only) ft
■ Ileal Eetate. Neejrocs, Cotton. Tobacco,
and General Merchandise,
, (Liquor* excepted.)
JOGA FICKEN.
1 Mj-NCI’AGrL’REB Off AND DEALER IR ALL KINDS OF
Tobacco. Snuff. Pipes, Meerschaums.
SEGAR-CASES, ETQ,
}h i ri>£to granite building, iPhiteholl st*.
4 Atlanta, Ga.
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Atlanta Female Institute.
HMIE Atlanta Female Institute having
JL been taken for a hospital, the exercises
ot the School will be regained on MONDAY, the
27th September, ISG3, in the house belonging to
Judge John Ndal, near the Second Baptist church.
1 hope to continue, to receive the patronage of
my friends. - j. ft. M AYSON.
Collegiate depai-linent, for six nicntl.s, - $4" (hi
Preparatory “ - 86 00
Primary - . . Oi)
incideiAtais, - - . - -1
Music, and piano rent, same old prices.
One half of the above charges mtt f.t be paid In adtam .■
in everj/instance. J. 11. M AYSON, President.
MOXROE FEMiLE IXtVERSITf,
FOBSYTII, GA.
i npIIIS flourishing and well established Institution
i A has now been in successful operation, under
the supervision of the present Principal, for the
last twelve years. It has received a lar»-e patron
: age from nearly one hundred counties in Georgia
and a number of pupils front almost every State hi
! the Southern Confederacy. The Faculty will do
| alt in their power to deserve and receive a liberal
{patronage.
: lhe FALL SESSION will open on the 7th ot
September, and. close on the second Friday the
11th day of December. Price of tuition in College
this session is S2O ; Music on piano, violin, guitar
&c., S2O; use of instrument, $4; contic'ent ex
benscs, $2. .
The BOARDING DEPARTMENT- is in charge
N. Martin, an intelligent, kind,
pious, antTmotheriy lady. Board and u aslupo- fur
nished at SIOO for the term. °
For further information, address cither of lhe
undersigned. W. C. WILKES. President.
MERCER - EMIVERSi a’Y,
PENFIELD, GREENE COUNTY, GEORGIA.
FACULTY.
! President—N. M. Crawford, D. D.
i Professors—S. P. Sanford, A. AL,
J. E. Willett, A. AL,
U. W. Wise, A. M.
W. G. Woodfin, A. Al.
; Theological Seminary.—Professor N
M. Crawford, D. D.
DEPARTMENTS.
1. A- college course of four years, oquul to that
of the best colleges iu the country.
2. A theological course, of three years, design
ed for those who are preparing for the Gospel Min-
’ istry. ,
, 3. A .scientific course of four years, including,
: with some additions, all the studies ot the collegi
ate course, except the ancient languages.
4. An academical department, embracing all who
are not prepared to enter college.
, COMMENCEMENT AND VACATIONS
The Commencement is held on the second Wed
i nesday in July.
! There are two vacations, dividing the year into
) two terms.
i Fall Tenn begins on the first Wednesday in Sep
tember, and closes on the 13th of December.
Spring Term begins on the fourth Wednesday in
January, and closes on ConiineneciDgi.t day.
S. LANDRUM, Sccr’y Board Trustees,
July 2G, 1862. x * Savannah Ga •
SO U TII ER N
r’actory,
j (Over Lotee, Fambrough, <L Co.'s store,)
PEACH-TREE ST.,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
Hughes & green,
(successors to Hughes, Hagan Co.)
.always keep a large slock of ENVELOPES
' and PAPER on hand. July 25,1863.
i
! NOTICE. Having this day disposed ot
, my entire interest in the “ Southern Envelope
I Factory" to my former partners, SI essrs. D. W.
I Hughes and John D. Green, I take pleasure
(in recommending them as gentlemen worthy of
’ the confidence and patronage of the public.
The Factory will be continued at the old
[Stand, by my successors, Messrs. HUGHES &
1 GREEN, who will settle all the business of the
old film. JOHN T. HAGAN.
i Atlanta, Ga, July 23, 1863. jy2s ly
CITY AUCTION
I
—A N D-
GOWiSMOH HOME.
j SHACKELFORD, SAINT & CO.
HAVE removed from their old t-tand into the
rntelligetacer building, where they are prepared to
receive allTiindsof Goods and Merchandize on con
signment.
Special attention given to the sale of /JAZOT,
f NEGROES &c.
1 AUCTION SALES EVERY DAY AND NIGHT
S. J. SHACKELFORD,
J. C. SAINT,
Al. A. SHACKELFORI>.
George EL While, 51. !>.,
ATLANTA, GA.
j OFFICE at Niles’ Insurance Agency, up stair#
corner of Alabama and Whitehall streets.
' At nig fit, he inay b“ found at his residence, near the
dwelling of Judge Lyon, <. AVhiteha’.!.
I Dr. White would solicit the attention, euptcWy, oft hose
afllicted with chronic complaints. March, 103.
J. I?. Tippin,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Foreign and
Domestic
X>x*y
Connally’s Block, on Withcliall Stree
ATLANTA, GA.
Robert r. Crawlr
j co m mission mer ;iia nt ,
(Franklin Bull ling,)
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
Octolier 1, 1862.
i Ml. - W. Hltcheson. D. B. Um
M. W. Hutcheson Co., .
\rCTION and REAL ESTATE
JiXJxS T&i..
Building. Whitehall and Ala. titrette)
Atlanta, Ga.
Drv Goods, Groceries, Real Estate,
Furniture, t’lothing, Horses, Mules,
Wagons, and, in short, everything,
bought, sold, and shipped, on commission.
' Oct. 17. 1863. b'
McDaniel Ac Rippey,
’general COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
WHOT.KSAtE and retail,
! (
j ATLANTA, GA.